Whip attachment.



G. A. JACKY.

. WHIP ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED 111 .11.25, 1910.

1,001,037. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER A. JACKY, 0F PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0 JOHN RUFF, OF CHILTON, WISCONSIN.

WHIP ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER A. JAoKY, citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and 5 State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to whips and more lash may be attached to the whip.

The invention consists in a tip formed of coiled wire having an eye or loop at its outer end, the coil of wire being gradually tapered toward the eye so that the tip can be inserted over and screwed upon the extremity of a whip, the wire forming the tip being extended to form a shank, which shank is passed over certain of the coils and under certain other coils so as to bind the coils in a spaced position relative to each other and thus prevent any extension of the spring formed by the coils.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a. whip stock provided with my improved lash tip, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tip removed from the stock.

Corresponding and like parts arewreferred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing, by the same reference characters.

Referring to these figures A designates a whip and B the lash therefor.

IVhip stocks are ordinarily provided at their extremity with a loop by which the lash is attached to the whip stock. When 5 this loop is worn off the only way of attaching the whip lash to the stock is by braiding the lashes into strands of the stock. is an operation requiring considerable skill and is relatively expensive.

The object of my invention is to provide a device by which a whip lash may be attached to a whip from which the original loop has been worn off. Whips in this condition are very apt to fray at the worn olf end. In addition to providing a means of attaching the lash to the whip I provide a ferrule preventing the further fraying of the strand ends of the stock.

In order to obviate the inconveniences particularly to an improved tip whereby the This above named, I have provided a tip shown detached in Fig. 2, which tip comprises a length of wire formed with a loop at one end and then twisted to form a conical volute adapted to be inserted over the end of the stock and protect the same.

In order to form the tip above referred to, a suitable length of wire 2, which forms a shank, is bent at one end to form the loop 3,

the wire after the loop has been formed bein then coiled around the wire 2 for a certam distance, as at 4, the first coil tightly engaging the shank 2, the coils then increasing in size and being wound tightly one against the other. This provides a ferrule which protects the end of the whip-stock. Beyond this tightly coiled portion 4 the wire is coiledloosely, the coils gradually increasing in size toward the extremity of the tip. The wire forming these loose coils is alternately passed over and under the shank 2. This shank 2 is preferably corrugated along that portion of the shank which engages with the loose coils so as to permit the coils to pass easily over and under the wire, and so as to have the interior of the coil relatively even. I thus provide for an engagement of the coils 5 with the shank 2 which prevents the coils 5 from extending or contraoting beyond a limited degree and holds the coils in proper relative position.

The tip formed as above described may be easily engaged with the extremity of the whip stock by screwing the tip on to the whip stock. In this operation the coils are slightly enlarged and the resiliency of the wire will act to force these coils into close engagement with the whip so that the tip cannot be pulled off the whip stock, and when an effort is made to unscrew the tip from the whip stock, the coils will tend to tighten up upon the whip stock so that after the tip is put in place on the extremity of the whip stock it is practically impossible to again loosen it. The whip lash B is formed with the usual loop 6 at its end. The whip lash is placed through the eye 3 and then the lash is folded upon itself and inserted through the loop 6. The lash is then pulled tighter and the loop 6 closed upon the loop or eye 3.

My device is simple, can be readily made, is very cheap and acts to hold the strands of a broken whip stock together and prevents the strands from fraying out, and provides a very strong and effective means of attaching the whip lash to the stock.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a whip-stock tip formed of wire, said wire having a straight portion forming a shank and looped at one end to form an eye, the Wire being then wrapped around the shank in gradually enlarged coils, certain of said coils passing over and certain others passing under the shank.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a whip-stock tip formed of wire, said wire having a straight portion providing a shank, this shank being formed at one end with an eye, the wire being then tightly wrapped around the shank at the junction of the eye therewith and then being wrapped around the shank in gradually enlarged coils, the coils being tight against each other, the wire thus forming a ferrule, the wire being then coiled in relatively loose coils, said loose coils passing alternately over and under the said shank.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a whip-stock tip formed of wire, said wire having a relatively straight portion forming a shank, said shank fora portion of its length being corrugated, the shank at one end being formed with an eye, the wire being then wrapped around the shank immediately beneath the eye and then formed in a plurality of gradually enlarging coils, said coils being tight against each other to provide a ferrule, the wire then being formed into a plurality of spaced coils, certain of said coils passing beneath the shank and certain other of the coils passing over the shank.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a whip-stock tip formed of wire and consisting of a plurality of gradually decreasing coils, the wire being formed into an eye at the apex of the coils, a number of the coils immediately adjacent to the eye being close against each other to form a ferrule for the stock.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GHESTERA. JACKY. [Ls] Witnesses:

T; J. RIGG, N..M. STONEHOUSE.

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